Process Safety Specialist at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

• Responsible for stewarding safe, reliable, efficient and incident free operation of the process units on the refinery area to meet the requirements of the operating plan through facilitating and monitoring key Process Safety Risk Management Processes.
• Responsible for stewarding safe, reliable, efficient and incident free operation of the process units on the refinery area to meet the requirements of the operating plan.
• Responsible for stewarding execution of Management of Change (MOC) process for plant related changes and facilitates Initial Risk Assessments (IRA's) for MOCs.
• Responsible for stewarding implementation and closure of Process Safety Management (including Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), MOC, audit) action items.
• Responsible for stewarding prioritization and maintenance of safety critical equipment (SCE) as required.
• Responsible for reviewing and analysing deviations that lead to alarm activations.
• Stewards process safety performance with the production area, stewards ZERO metrics and SIS deviations
• Participates in PHA studies for the area.
• Participates in and conducts process safety investigations for the refinery area. Develops and implement plans to share incident learnings.
• Participates in risk assessments for bypassing safety devices.
• Coordinates and participates in third party process safety or insurance audits within the area.
• Conducts Safe Work Practice audits for the area.
• Coordinates and conducts safeguard verifications as well as conducts compliance audits.
• Tracks and monitors process safety performance with the production area, stewards ZERO metrics and SIS deviations.
• Participates in Safety Override Risk Assessments (SORA)'s

Minimum Qualification and Certifications:

• BSc, BTech or ND in Chemica Engineeringl, Mech Eng or Analytical Chemistry
• 5 years' refining experience in either SHEQ, Operations, Laboratory, Engineering or R&M departments
• prior experience in Process Safety preferred

Knowledge and skills:

• Influential leadership skills
• Expertise in hazard and risk management (IRA, SORA)
• Expertise in HAZOP, What-if, LOPA studies
• Expertise in TapRoot, Five-Why, Why Tree

IT Skills:

• PhaPro
• KMS
• Isometrix
• Bow Tie XP